El Quemado Weather Records (MXN00025176)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for El Quemado (MXN00025176), Mexico, with 34 years of record.

Key Facts for El Quemado

El Quemado (MXN00025176) is a weather station in Mexico at 23.55 latitude and -106.47 longitude, 50 m (164 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1979 to 2012, 34 years of record.
1,464 records set at El Quemado still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
El Quemado set a daily record low maximum temperature of 21.7 C (71.1 F) on 31 December 2012.

About the Station

Location: Mexico, 23.55 latitude, -106.47 longitude.
Elevation: 50 m (164 ft).
Period of record: 1979 to 2012, 34 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at El Quemado. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at El Quemado, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	39.4 C (102.9 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.9 C (39.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6.7 C (44.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	40.0 C (104.0 F)	10.0 C (50.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	38.9 C (102.0 F)	12.8 C (55.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	39.4 C (102.9 F)	16.7 C (62.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	39.4 C (102.9 F)	19.4 C (66.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	38.9 C (102.0 F)	15.6 C (60.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	37.8 C (100.0 F)	11.7 C (53.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	38.9 C (102.0 F)	7.8 C (46.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	36.7 C (98.1 F)	4.4 C (39.9 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at El Quemado still stand. 1981 holds the most, with 118.

Standing records at El Quemado by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1979	22
1980	105
1981	118
1982	67
1983	42
1984	40
1985	45
1986	56
1987	104
1988	51
1989	38
1990	44
1991	38
1992	58
1993	48
1994	36
1995	44
1996	29
1997	57
1998	27
1999	35
2000	36
2001	23
2002	35
2003	26
2004	19
2005	33
2006	42
2007	40
2009	15
2010	22
2011	39
2012	30

Wettest Day of Each Month

Oct: 159.8 mm (6.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at El Quemado. The most was 159.8 mm (6.3 in) on 11 October 1981.

Record daily precipitation for each month at El Quemado
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 January 1992
Feb	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	13 February 1998
Mar	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	3 March 1983
Apr	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1 April 1990
May	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	28 May 1980
Jun	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 June 2000
Jul	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	14 July 1983
Aug	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	28 August 1999
Sep	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	12 September 1993
Oct	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	11 October 1981
Nov	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	19 November 1989
Dec	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 December 1984

Period of Record Coverage

1979 to 2012

33 years of record at El Quemado, 1979 to 2012. 7 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1979, 1982, 1984, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009.

Days with data per year at El Quemado
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1979	74	20%	No
1980	332	91%	Yes
1981	364	100%	Yes
1982	308	84%	No
1983	334	92%	Yes
1984	275	75%	No
1985	332	91%	Yes
1986	364	100%	Yes
1987	339	93%	Yes
1988	366	100%	Yes
1989	364	100%	Yes
1990	365	100%	Yes
1991	334	92%	Yes
1992	366	100%	Yes
1993	365	100%	Yes
1994	365	100%	Yes
1995	365	100%	Yes
1996	366	100%	Yes
1997	334	92%	Yes
1998	362	99%	Yes
1999	365	100%	Yes
2000	366	100%	Yes
2001	273	75%	No
2002	364	100%	Yes
2003	316	87%	No
2004	242	66%	No
2005	364	100%	Yes
2006	365	100%	Yes
2007	335	92%	Yes
2009	180	49%	No
2010	365	100%	Yes
2011	365	100%	Yes
2012	366	100%	Yes

Latest Records

Latest records at El Quemado
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low min (Tie)	9.4 C (48.9 F)	tie	13 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low min (Tie)	10.0 C (50.0 F)	tie	13 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	17 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily high min (Tie)	25.0 C (77.0 F)	tie	29 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low max (Tie)	27.8 C (82.0 F)	tie	32 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low min (Tie)	21.7 C (71.1 F)	tie	27 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low max (Tie)	30.0 C (86.0 F)	tie	9 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low max (Tie)	31.7 C (89.1 F)	tie	32 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 2012	El Quemado, MX	daily low min (Tie)	20.6 C (69.1 F)	tie	12 years	1 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

19 complete years, 1981 to 2012

One stripe for each of 19 complete years at El Quemado, 1981 to 2012. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 24.6 C (76.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 2011, at 23.6 C (74.5 F), and the warmest was 1981, at 25.5 C (77.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.0 C (1.8 F).

Annual mean temperature at El Quemado as warming stripes, 1981 to 2012
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1981	25.5 C	+0.89 C
1986	24.5 C	-0.08 C
1988	24.4 C	-0.18 C
1989	24.3 C	-0.24 C
1990	25.0 C	+0.43 C
1992	25.1 C	+0.51 C
1993	24.8 C	+0.23 C
1994	24.9 C	+0.34 C
1995	24.8 C	+0.25 C
1996	24.7 C	+0.17 C
1998	24.5 C	-0.09 C
1999	24.0 C	-0.57 C
2000	24.3 C	-0.31 C
2002	24.9 C	+0.32 C
2005	24.6 C	+0.02 C
2006	24.7 C	+0.10 C
2010	24.0 C	-0.60 C
2011	23.6 C	-0.94 C
2012	24.4 C	-0.18 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1979 to 2012

Yearly extremes at El Quemado: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1991	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33
Coldest night (TNn)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2011	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33
Wettest day (Rx1day)	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	1981	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	1981	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	33
Longest dry spell (CDD)	249 days	1997	126 days	33

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at El Quemado, 1979 to 2012. The record is 40.0 C (104.0 F) in 1991, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.9 C (102.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at El Quemado by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1979	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1980	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1981	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1982	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1983	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1984	37.2 C (99.0 F)
1985	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1986	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1987	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1988	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1989	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1990	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1991	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1992	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1993	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1994	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1995	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1996	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1997	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1998	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1999	36.7 C (98.1 F)
2000	37.2 C (99.0 F)
2001	37.8 C (100.0 F)
2002	37.8 C (100.0 F)
2003	37.8 C (100.0 F)
2004	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2005	37.8 C (100.0 F)
2006	39.4 C (102.9 F)
2007	39.4 C (102.9 F)
2009	36.7 C (98.1 F)
2010	37.8 C (100.0 F)
2011	36.7 C (98.1 F)
2012	39.4 C (102.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at El Quemado, 1979 to 2012. The record is -1.1 C (30.0 F) in 2011, marked on the chart; the median year is 6.1 C (43.0 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at El Quemado by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1979	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1980	8.3 C (46.9 F)
1981	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1982	6.7 C (44.1 F)
1983	7.8 C (46.0 F)
1984	5.0 C (41.0 F)
1985	6.1 C (43.0 F)
1986	3.9 C (39.0 F)
1987	5.0 C (41.0 F)
1988	4.4 C (39.9 F)
1989	3.9 C (39.0 F)
1990	5.0 C (41.0 F)
1991	6.7 C (44.1 F)
1992	6.1 C (43.0 F)
1993	7.2 C (45.0 F)
1994	5.6 C (42.1 F)
1995	6.7 C (44.1 F)
1996	6.1 C (43.0 F)
1997	2.8 C (37.0 F)
1998	6.7 C (44.1 F)
1999	5.0 C (41.0 F)
2000	5.0 C (41.0 F)
2001	5.0 C (41.0 F)
2002	5.6 C (42.1 F)
2003	7.8 C (46.0 F)
2004	6.7 C (44.1 F)
2005	6.7 C (44.1 F)
2006	4.4 C (39.9 F)
2007	4.4 C (39.9 F)
2009	9.4 C (48.9 F)
2010	8.3 C (46.9 F)
2011	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
2012	7.2 C (45.0 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at El Quemado, 1979 to 2012. The record is 159.8 mm (6.3 in) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.1 mm (2.6 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at El Quemado by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1979	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1980	117.9 mm (4.6 in)
1981	159.8 mm (6.3 in)
1982	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1983	109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1984	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1985	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1986	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1987	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1988	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1989	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1990	101.3 mm (4.0 in)
1991	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1992	101.3 mm (4.0 in)
1993	126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1994	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1995	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1996	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1997	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1998	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1999	128.3 mm (5.1 in)
2000	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
2001	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
2002	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
2003	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
2004	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
2005	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
2006	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
2007	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
2009	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
2010	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
2011	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
2012	67.1 mm (2.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at El Quemado, 1979 to 2012. The record is 236.0 mm (9.3 in) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 112.3 mm (4.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at El Quemado by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1979	40.2 mm (1.6 in)
1980	226.1 mm (8.9 in)
1981	236.0 mm (9.3 in)
1982	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1983	171.8 mm (6.8 in)
1984	90.2 mm (3.6 in)
1985	150.9 mm (5.9 in)
1986	120.6 mm (4.7 in)
1987	74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1988	135.9 mm (5.4 in)
1989	145.3 mm (5.7 in)
1990	110.2 mm (4.3 in)
1991	157.0 mm (6.2 in)
1992	129.2 mm (5.1 in)
1993	181.7 mm (7.2 in)
1994	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1995	101.4 mm (4.0 in)
1996	146.3 mm (5.8 in)
1997	98.6 mm (3.9 in)
1998	120.2 mm (4.7 in)
1999	148.1 mm (5.8 in)
2000	162.8 mm (6.4 in)
2001	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
2002	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
2003	112.3 mm (4.4 in)
2004	149.1 mm (5.9 in)
2005	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
2006	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
2007	74.6 mm (2.9 in)
2009	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
2010	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
2011	133.9 mm (5.3 in)
2012	75.0 mm (3.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at El Quemado, 1979 to 2012. The record is 249 days in 1997, marked on the chart; the median year is 126 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at El Quemado by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1979	48 days
1980	46 days
1981	78 days
1982	126 days
1983	57 days
1984	141 days
1985	67 days
1986	152 days
1987	56 days
1988	181 days
1989	165 days
1990	81 days
1991	175 days
1992	105 days
1993	175 days
1994	72 days
1995	185 days
1996	158 days
1997	249 days
1998	134 days
1999	176 days
2000	164 days
2001	105 days
2002	145 days
2003	127 days
2004	48 days
2005	125 days
2006	158 days
2007	90 days
2009	29 days
2010	103 days
2011	182 days
2012	123 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

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Data for El Quemado standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).